ICC Cricket World Cup-2011.

               

  ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP-2011:

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh
Participants	14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches played	49 (to be played)
Official website	http://cricket.yahoo.com

Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of one-day cricket in the world. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and is contested by all Test-playing nations (currently the only ten teams that are officially allowed to play the longest form of cricket), plus qualifiers.

Since the inaugral championship in 1975, the Cricket World Cup is held around every four years. The 2011 Cricket World Cup is set to be held in the four Asian Test cricket playing countries Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The World Cup will be held during the months of February and March 2011.

The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England because it was the only nation at the time that had the resources to stage an event of such magnitude.

List of qualified teams

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Groups:

A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya

B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands

Venues

The matches will be held in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi (all India), Colombo, Hambantota, Kandy (all Sri Lanka), Chittagong and Dhaka (both Bangladesh).

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Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million, with the International Cricket Councildeciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 millon. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.

Mascot

Stumpy  is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April 2010. He is a ten year old elephant who is very young,enthusiastic and is determined. Cricket-followers based all over the world were able to participate in a contest to name the mascot. The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the International Cricket Council in the last week of July, 2010.

Full Schedule

20 February 2011 09:30
New Zealand	Match 2	Kenya	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20 February 2011 09:00
Sri Lanka	Match 3	Canada	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
21 February 2011 14:30
Australia	Match 4	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
23 February 2011 14:30
Pakistan	Match 6	Kenya	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
25 February 2011 14:30
New Zealand	Match 8	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
26 February 2011 14:30
Sri Lanka	Match 10	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
28 February 2011 09:30
Zimbabwe	Match 13	Canada	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
1 March 2011 14:30
Sri Lanka	Match 14	Kenya	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
3 March 2011 14:30
Pakistan	Match 17	Canada	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
4 March 2011 09:30
New Zealand	Match 18	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
5 March 2011 14:30
Sri Lanka	Match 20	Australia	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
7 March 2011 14:30
Kenya	Match 23	Canada	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
8 March 2011 14:30
Pakistan	Match 24	New Zealand	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
10 March 2011 14:30
Sri Lanka	Match 26	Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
13 March 2011 09:30
New Zealand	Match 30	Canada	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
13 March 2011 14:30
Australia	Match 31	Kenya	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
14 March 2011 14:30
Pakistan	Match 32	Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
16 March 2011 14:30
Australia	Match 35	Canada	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
18 March 2011 14:30
Sri Lanka	Match 37	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
19 March 2011 14:30
Pakistan	Match 39	Australia	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
20 March 2011 09:30
Zimbabwe	Match 41	Kenya	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

 

Umpires

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.

Australia §                      Simon Taufel §                      Steve Davis §                      Rod Tucker §                      Daryl Harper §                      Bruce Oxenford New Zealand §                      Billy Bowden §                      Tony Hill South Africa §                      Marais Erasmus Pakistan §                      Aleem Dar §                      Asad Rauf

India §                      Shavir Tarapore §                      Amish Saheba England §                      Ian Gould §                      Richard Kettleborough §                      Nigel Llong Sri Lanka §                      Asoka de Silva §                      Kumar Dharmasena West Indies §                      Billy Doctrove